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["Mad Scientist"] Nikola Tesla, Trump’s famous uncle, and beyond the gold rush The future of money Jon Rappoport

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Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) is often called the "mad scientist" because of his eccentric personality and wild claimsHowever, he was also a brilliant inventor who helped establish the image of the mad scientist in science fiction. 
Eccentricity
  • Tesla had obsessive compulsive disorder and would only stay in hotel rooms whose numbers were divisible by three 
  • He had an obsession with pigeons and disliked women who wore earrings 
  • He rarely shook hands because of a germ phobia 
  • He insisted on large numbers of napkins at meals to polish his silverware 
Claims 
  • Tesla claimed to have invented a "death beam" that could destroy enemy aircraft from hundreds of miles away
  • He proposed a system of beam weapons to protect the United States and Europe
Inventions
  • Tesla invented the Tesla coil, which helped keep his name in the public eye 
  • He experimented with wireless lighting and worldwide wireless electric power distribution 
Legacy
  • Tesla's work inspired many modern technologies, including microwave ovens and MX missiles 
  • The International System of Units (SI) named the unit of magnetic flux density the tesla in his honor 

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